Process of neonatal tetanus elimination in Nepal
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Neonatal tetanus continues to be a cause of neonatal death in the lowand middle-income countries. Recently we managed two cases of neonatal tetanus at our institute. Both the families were migrants, one from Bihar and other from Jharkhand. Both the pregnancies were unsupervised and delivery was conducted at home. There was history of application of cowdung on umbilical stump in first case and o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1741-3842,1741-3850
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp039